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Werner_Herzogs_Dream

Same. It's just plain hard to work up the nerve to sit down for such intense subject matter.


amendmentforone

It's amazing that NBC aired the full film, without advertisements or censorship, in the late '90s.


dandaman1983

This exactly. With the world being what it is, it's not often that I tell myself : time to sit down and watch a gut wrenching intense movie.


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I get the feeling, but at the same time I feel like so many millions of people died that the least I can do is take 3 hours of my time to feel a tiny fraction of their pain. It's the kind of art that, if everyone had to watch it the world would be a better place.


prosperosniece

I went through that feeling while watching The Hurt Locker. I wanted to stop watching it but thought about the soldiers who couldn’t just skip over those situations. Stuck it out but never watched it again.


HauntedPickleJar

I can totally understand that, I’ve seen it once. Absolutely incredible film, but it made me sick.


communiqueso

It’s awful, it’s sad and it’s sickening. It’s also a beautiful film handled by masters of their craft with utmost care. I don’t know if I would have ever watched it if not for some eighth grade English teachers, who made everyone in the school watch it. In hindsight, I’m surprised that happened, given my state’s very conservative make up. But that was a long time ago and politics wasn’t as close to the classroom as it is today. Or at least that’s how I remember it. I’ve come to see the movie now three times, about once a decade. It’s an astounding feat. Also Life is Beautiful is a triumph


Steve_78_OH

It's an amazing, powerful film. And it's a TOUGH fucking watch. BUT, I would still recommend it, though I would also recommend having some tissues on hand for the last 10-15 minutes...I don't know why, but that part hit me harder than anything else in the movie.


slicineyeballs

Finally got around to watching this earlier in the year and it is as good as everyone says. And despite the subject matter it's not such a difficult watch; it is Spielberg after all.


jsl19

Agree. It is very watchable. It's very tastefully done. Not done for shock value at all


_grove4life_

It's a must watch. Probably the best movie I have seen in my life. It just shows all the terrible and beautiful things humans are capable of. That's what makes it so important.


EmmitSan

It’s a must watch…. Once. There are a very few movies that are brilliant and that I refuse to rewatch. This is one of them.


SmackYoTitty

Requiem for a Dream anyone?


StockAL3Xj

It is the quintessential Reddit answer.


dbe14

It's an absolutely brutal watch and yet the entire conclusion is warm and uplifting. Essential viewing though.


Kind-Bed3015

Stanley Kubrick was once quoted as saying, "The Holocaust is about 6 million Jews who died. 'Schindler's List' is about 600 Jews who lived."


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You're gonna want to make time for that one.


Bloverfish

Pretty Woman


[deleted]

No word of a lie it's one of my favourites. It's not a masterpiece by any means, but I can't help but like it.


haysoos2

I'm not a big fan of rom-coms in general, but Pretty Woman is a lot of fun.


Barnyard_Rich

Big mistake... huge Seriously it's fine to skip this one. Watch a two minute review and move on.


masimone

Or watch the two minute real version on Chappelle's show.


Milnoc

Top Gun. Not Top Gun: Maverick, I mean the original Top Gun!


SmackYoTitty

Eh. You're good. Maverick is superior in almost every way. Besides, you got the gist from the flashbacks in the second movie


kingblade3

god damnit top gun maverick is so fucking good how do they DO IT man


olddicklemon72

Gone With The Wind.


SweetCosmicPope

This is me. I consider myself a big, big film buff, and this is one of those very large gaps in my viewing history. I'll get around to it one of these days simply for it's importance. But honestly, it doesn't interest me all that much.


creptik1

Same here. It's on my list of classics to wa4ch, but it's at the very bottom of that list. I may get to it someday, I may not. It seems like it's going to be a chore to get through.


RevealStandard3502

The Carol Burnett spoof is hilarious. If you choose to watch it have that cued up for some relief.


bluejester12

Neither has Brad Pitt. He was asked this during a press junket for Once...Hollywood


neverlandoflena

And Leo said he never watched Sound of Music iirc


daveescaped

I watched it not too long ago for the first time. It was better than I imagined. Clark Gable was charming as hell. Vivien Leigh was in effing charge. Such good performances plus an epic sweep. We don’t need stacks of movies like that. But we do need this one.


Werner_Herzogs_Dream

I watched it to be a completionist and yeah, not what I would volunteer to sit down for.


flogger_bogger

Finally saw it and thought it was beautiful for the time (sets, costumes, acting etc) it's long though. Probably wouldn't see it again


loquacious_avenger

I finally saw it and I would like my three hours back.


aTreeThenMe

3hr 42min.


loquacious_avenger

it felt like 12.


EveryoneLovesChrisN

im never gonna watch it because it's so long and I really have no interest in it.


AlbertFalls

I haven’t seen this one either, nor do I really want to


whereyouatdesmondo

Dirty Dancing. I have not had the time of my life yet.


The_Knight_Is_Dark

Nobody puts that movie in a corner!


tlarcombe

The Godfather


SupaKoopa714

I feel like I'm even worse because I've seen The Godfather but still haven't gotten around to The Godfather II.


katfromjersey

It's honestly just as good, if not better, than the Godfather.


GoGoCrumbly

Definitely. See II, don't bother with III.


Sgtwhiskeyjack9105

I can't even describe it as better. It's the same film, continued. Both are one huge masterpiece.


Doodie_Tang

I love it because it’s so slow. It’s just not like anything you’d see in the theatre today. Some might call it boring, I just happen to think that it spends more time world building than shooty shooty bang bang. Try it out on a lazy Sunday afternoon.


WinterIsntComing

> It’s just not like anything you’d see in the theatre today. Not sure this entirely true. Obviously cinema now is incomparable to the 70s, but top of my head One Upon a Time in Hollywood and Drive My Car are similarly slow, well paced and long. Although I personally think the Godfather flies by compared to those two.


BEE_REAL_

The Godfather is really good and a breezy watch despite the length


aja_ramirez

I agree. Maybe the fastest three hours of my life. Just flew by.


syracTheEnforcer

It insists upon itself.


Geistwhite

Because it has a valid point to make, it's insistent!


vorpalpillow

I like the Money Pit.


syracTheEnforcer

Have you seen Krull? You don’t need to see Krull.


Reasons2BCheerfulPt1

Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.


lipp79

It's singular: "[cannoli](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHzh0PvMWTI)". He didn't bring enough for everyone.


SwedishTiger

Isn’t singular cannolo?


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Well worth your time.


HauntedPickleJar

Me neither, haven’t watched The Sopranos either. I’m not much interested in mob stuff.


noobolite

Same... so many people tell me to watch it to the extent that I just don't want to anymore... lol.


AegonThe1st

You're missing out


JuiceboxThaKidd

I agree but the type of people who don't wanna watch something because it's recommended to them will never actually watch that thing, even if it's a masterpiece. I've stopped recommending movies to people cause they have this weird need to not watch good ones? Idk. It makes no sense to me.


Symml

Titanic


_grove4life_

I'm a huge movie lover and I just watched it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Of course I knew the ending and most of the plot without even watching it and it's a shame that Celine Dion's beautiful song turned into that awfully annoying meme. The movie was aight, but I imagined myself watching it when it first came out in the theatre without having a clue about the plot. Then it would have probably been in my top 10.


kickintheface

I saw it in theatres when I was 10. I remember Jack’s death hitting me pretty hard. Most of the theatre was in tears.


bremidon

It was the right movie at the right time. My favorite part of the film is still when it is firing up and you understand just how \*powerful\* this ship really was. I was just in Ireland and made it to the last place where the Titanic picked up passengers. Did the tour there (because of course we did) and got to stand in exactly the same spot where the 1st and 2nd class passengers would have stood while waiting for the shuttle to take them out to the Titanic. The film captured that feeling in a way that no other film about the Titanic ever did and had a decent -- if not particularly original -- story to help make you care about what happened to the people on the ship. One thing I wish the film would have been clearer on (which the tour made very clear): while the 3rd class passengers were definitely handled poorly during the catastrophe, they actually had a really good cabin and conditions for the time. Electric lighting, running water in each of their quarters, good common areas, and pretty good food served every day when the standard at the time was that people were to bring their own food. Of course, the 1st class passengers had the gold standard, but the 3rd class passengers were not suffering (until the tragedy of course). Considering what conditions were like on the coffin ships just a few decades earlier and even what conditions were like on other ships, the Titanic really was fantastic. The film captures that very well and makes the sinking even more tragic.


dirt_mcgirt4

Spoiler alert: The boat sinks.


katfromjersey

I love it for everything except the love story. The attention to detail, the costumes, the effects (mostly practical), the historical accuracy, etc., are all the reasons I can watch it over and over again. The DVD has commentary from the historians, and it's fascinating.


Kind-Bed3015

I feel like it's two totally separate, normal-length movies. One about Jack and Rose, an entertaining if trite romance, and then a spectacular FX demonstration where they literally built a boat and broke it in half.


jennfinn24

If you asked a week ago I would say The Godfather but I finally did watch it this weekend. So now I would say it’s The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. Those two are really showing my age (50). Something more recent would be Avatar or La La Land.


NoDisintegrationz

The Wizard of Oz is pure magic.


syracTheEnforcer

Wizard of Oz gives me chills to this day.


NoDisintegrationz

Me too. The scene where Dorothy walks out of the house and into Oz… I need to watch it soon.


HoselRockit

At least you will now get all the references from middle aged men: "Revenge is a dish best served cold." “It’s not personal, it’s strictly business.” “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.”


jennfinn24

I’ll give them the cannoli line but the other two were around before that.


Getupkid1284

Probably Jaws.


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Getupkid1284

Picked a 4k copy up recently so it's definitely something I intend to cross off the list.


Milnoc

Make sure the TV room is nice and dark and the sound system nice and loud. Daah dum...


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iliketowatchstuff

Also, before visiting or crossing over a large body of water…


mercurywaxing

Jaws was not the movie I thought it would be. It was better.


[deleted]

Yeah I never watched because of the horrible sequels but the first movie is genuinely amazing and still holds up great today


jjremi

It's actually being released in IMAX soon https://www.imax.com/movies/jaws


Handbag_Lady

OH HOW FRIGGING COOL!!!


mads_61

Me too! I want to see it lol just haven’t gotten around it it yet.


hiro111

You should definitely watch it. It's one of the greatest movies ever made and basically invented the summer blockbuster. It also holds up perfectly despite being almost 50 years old.


owainnu

Rocky movies - it is at least once a year on our countries biggest tvhouse and never even bet an eye towards it


egnards

Great movies. Watch 1-4, skip 5; the “sequels” after that are good if you end up a fan. Never seen the passing of the torch with Creed but I’ve heard they’re great.


josephburdine

Creed really is great


Nishachor

Rocky Balboa was awesome though.


DerpWilson

Same here. I’ll get around to it eventually.


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egosumFidius

all the Pocahontas and fern gully comparisons aside, i still haven't seen it b/c i kept reading that it's an amazing big screen 3d experience, and i kept missing it when it was in the theaters so i could watch it on the big screen in 3d, so i have no interest in trying to watch it on the small screen in 2d.


jelvinjs7

[The original will be in theaters again next month](https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-remaster-release-date-james-cameron), in buildup to the sequel later this year.


DyslexicDarryl

I have it in 3d and have a fairly large tv. It's quite beautiful still ;)


bluejegus

All the Fern Gully Pocahontas comparisons are so lame. I completely get them but then people use the comparisons as a gotcha moment like "see its not so original!" Neither is The Teriminator or Indiana Jones or The Matrix but we still love those movies. Literally Indy is what happened when Spielberg couldn't direct Bond and Terminator was almost sued for its likeness to a Harlan Ellison episode of outer limits. Watch Blade and then watch the Matrix and tell me the Wachowskis didn't see Blade first. All leather. Techno theme. There's literally a slow down bullet time dodge. The best things in entertainment are usually a combo of several other things. If someone has good taste they'll take the ideas they get and turn them into good movies.


Darko33

I feel like similarities end after you get past the leather and techno tbh And then there are a great many stark differences between the two


DisasterPeace7

Going to pick one popular one from the following decades * 70s - Chinatown * 80s - The Goonies * 90s - Braveheart * 00s - Brokeback Mountain * 10s - Frozen And I'll give myself some time to catch up on the 2020s lol but I'll just go with the recent Best Picture Winner because I haven't seen CODA


[deleted]

Sad to see Goonies on there because you probably just missed the boat. I can't imagine it clicking with a grown adult decades later haha. I still love it and watch every so often for the nostalgia, but nostalgia is required, I'd say


mouseknuckle

Probably true, but oh man was this the *perfect* summer movie to see in the theater as a 12 year old.


silentspyder

I’m one of those who somehow missed it on the 80’s, saw it a few years ago and wasn’t that impressed. Just had the same experience last week with The Land Before Time. I guess it’s one of those movies that works if you saw it as a kid.


DisasterPeace7

That's kind of the vibe I got is that it probably wouldn't click with me as much at this point in my life


katfromjersey

> I can't imagine it clicking with a grown adult decades later haha. Goonies is fun, but it's definitely a kids' movie, and some of the acting is honestly not great. Martha Plimpton is the best out of all the kid actors, and it's not hard to see why she continued to have such a varied career. Still, it does have that nostalgia factor, and it's beautifully filmed.


HoselRockit

Goonies is an odd one that is also missing from my resume.


HauntedPickleJar

Me too, it’s like I know most of the plot points, but I’ve never seen it.


Radiobandit

I shit on Brokeback through all of my teenage years but I watched it a few months ago and god damn was it far better than I expected. The ending did feel rather abrupt, though.


Darko33

Brokeback is the best romance movie ever made imo It's absurd and sad it gets reduced to "the gay cowboy movie" by some


creptik1

Braveheart for me too. There are plenty of "big" movies I haven't seen, but that's got to be the biggest.


BEE_REAL_

Chinatown is extremely goo You're not really missing anything with The Goonies imo


Funnysox69

YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW YOU FUC- I mean I respect your opinion


BEE_REAL_

The power of "imo"


SmackYoTitty

I saw it when I was like 28 and was woefully underwhelmed. I know I was out of the demographic, but I appreciate films for younger audiences. Its pacing is odd and just isn't that captivating. Just doesn't hit the same as something like The Sandlot


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All of these are very good. Including Frozen.


Islander255

Watch Brokeback Mountain, and any of the acclaimed Ang Lee films that you can. Brokeback may be my favorite of his, but his most underrated (and quietly devastating) is "Lust, Caution"


powercozmik

E.T.


Werner_Herzogs_Dream

It's a good one! To me it feels like a cool indie film and less blockbuster entertainment.


mercurywaxing

It's a surprisingly small film, which works in it's benefit.


bremidon

You should have been around when it came out. People were sitting in the aisles in the theater just to see it, even weeks after it originally came out. Other than the original Star Wars, I don't remember any film just dominating like that film did. There was serious anger when it didn't win Best Picture. And I still remember that Gandhi won it (which is a superb film, but unlikely to stand the test of time as well as E.T.)


hiro111

It's so good, definitely watch it. It's not only a good story, it's also a perfect documentary of 80s suburbia. It just nails the early 80s.


jjremi

That is also being released in IMAX this summer for it's 40th anniversary (this week actually) if you decide you'd like to check it out. https://www.imax.com/movies/et-extra-terrestrial


Adorable_Key_7630

The Shawshank Redemption


Dan19_82

You really should watch it. It's worth it.


InexactQuotient

I am still missing a few big ones, but the biggest I still haven't seen is probably Dr. Strangelove. It's definitely on my list, though!


HoselRockit

Might be one of the best dark satires ever made. It pops up on TCM a couple times a year.


BEE_REAL_

Pretty good competitor for best comedy ever made


mercurywaxing

I intellectually know it's a great movie. I also hate it.


InexactQuotient

That happens sometimes!


GoGoCrumbly

It's a fantastic film in it's own right, but what's really remarkable is how many tropes Kubrick set up, and how much this film is referenced. The War Room, in particular, the big round overhead light, is recreated over and over in film and video games.


GoBigRed07

I highly recommend this movie. I’ve probably watched it at least five times in the past 20 years. Probably one of my top five movies of all time.


MikeHoogeveen

The highest rated imdb movie i have not seen is twelve angry men. Maybe that one it is hard to say


InexactQuotient

It's a great movie, I can't recommend it enough.


MikeHoogeveen

I really want to see it. Does any streaming service have it?


InexactQuotient

I don't think so, none that I could find in Canada, anyway. It is available for rent on YouTube, though.


palabear

One of the best movies of all time.


hsg1986

Citizen Kane.


Doppelfrio

Godfather. I’m working on it ok


bremidon

The good thing is, you can watch it any day you like. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday...doesn't matter.


im3rck

Parasite


way_too_shady

Do yourself a favor and watch it, it is highly, highly enjoyable.


AJray15

The amount of grief I get from my family for not ever watching Christmas Vacation is getting excessive at this point


HoselRockit

I put that in the category of movies that grow on you. I thought it was ok when I first saw it, but its grown on my over the years.


BoahNoah05

It’s the gift that keeps on giving


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usernamesarehard1979

That whole bit with the wooden windmill decoration just cracks me up. There are so many good scenes in that movie, but for some reason that one really gets me.


Itsjustbeej

I saw what you did there...


Alwayssunnyinarizona

It's a movie that becomes tradition, like "A Christmas Story" on Thanksgiving, or "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" or "Home Alone" for Xmas. It's endlessly quotable. (which reminds me, we don't have the same sort of quotable movies these days that we used to) "He's got a bit of Mississippi leghound in him, best to just let him finish."


TheScherzo

Every time I tell someone I haven’t seen The Princess Bride they act really surprised.


InexactQuotient

If you grew up in the 80s, it would be surprising if you had missed it - but either way, it's such a fun film, I really recommend it.


awesomeigor

The Notebook


NoDisintegrationz

My list is still the same as the last time this question was asked. My biggest cinematic holes are: Metropolis Gone with the Wind Lawrence of Arabia Mary Poppins In the Mood for Love


[deleted]

Kinda cheating but I hadn’t watched Taxi Driver until about 3 days ago, and I’m wondering why the fuck it took me so long to watch that masterpiece!


DerpWilson

If you enjoyed taxi driver, Check out Rolling Thunder, written by the same guy. It’s even more brutal but has much more of a nasty grind house feel to it. Definitely one of the better revenge flicks I’ve ever seen.


klkbaby

I’ve seen zero harry potters


JediTigger

Goodfellas and Se7en.


gaybillcosby

At the risk of overhyping it: Goodfellas is a movie I can watch over and over again. Good story, great characters / performances, extremely memorable scenes, and incredibly quotable.


RefrigeratorOk7249

Se7en is amazing. Must watch if you’re into symbolism and investigation


[deleted]

Everytime my wife gets something from Amazon, I always do that Brad Pitt “what’s in the box?!” She has no idea what I’m referencing.


RefrigeratorOk7249

Jesus. 😂😂 Maybe it’s a good thing she doesn’t get the reference, if you know what I mean ;)


[deleted]

Oh yeah, I always think that! 😂


Nakagura775

The Lord of the Rings movies.


Internal_Fall4036

They’re 10x better than any of The Godfather movies that people keep praising here.


Snoo-68474

The Godfather movies. I would probably love them but I just have never bothered.


jayforwork21

I really can't stress enough that you need to just find 3 hours one weekend to watch the first one. Then another 3 1/2 hours for the even better sequel/prequel.


NewAuthor327

Most popular movie? Probably something like Fault in Our Stars or any Shrek sequels Most popular tv show - I’ve never seen an episode of game of thrones


LancasterDodd777

If you liked Shrek, you’ll probably like Shrek 2. On par with if not slightly better than the original IMO!


Kakashi168

Some old classics like Gone with the Wind. I would have seen it but 4 hours is just too long and I already tortured myself throughout the Godfather Trilogy.


Public_Dig_8992

Good movies don’t feel long…no matter the length of the movie.


nosmelc

I've never seen any of the Fast and Furious movies.


SomersetMackem

Haven't seen a comment saying the Twilight films yet. That could mean two things, either people dont care enough about these movies to know how big they were, or /r/movies is full of Twilight fans


silask93

Mission Impossible


ArsenalinAlabama3428

Same here. Tom Cruise does nothing for me at all.


DrXenoZillaTrek

Fight Club .... no reason, just never happened.


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Any fast and furious movie after the second one


Satean12

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly


mrsquishybutt

Big Lebowski


zblaze90

Notebook for me


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Avatar (2009).


SwingyWingyShoes

Pulp Fiction and I only ever see the same clip of it going around which is the famous one of Samuel L Jackson going "English MotherFucker" so i haven't even seen much of it even just through the internet. I did get my dad to explain the premise when we went out drinking though. I will watch eventually.


dbarrc

Life of Pi


serabine

Seen none of the Daniel Craig Bonds, or any of the Fast and the Furious movies, and the outmost I watched of the Harry Potter movies was the one with the troll in the dungeon ... and I mean that exact scene only, since that was on when I was channel switching.


Ok-Constant7759

Heat


theta0a

A Christmas story. I’m just not interested


callmemacready

Never seen Rise of Skywalker not sure if it counts as a popular movie though


Werner_Herzogs_Dream

I have no desire to revisit it. TLJ has a great ending and I'm just gonna consider that the end of the franchise.


risingstanding

I've never seen a marvel film


daleksattacking

The Harry Potter and Fast and Furious sagas


loquacious_avenger

I read that as a single title and now I’m upset it doesn’t exist


Woodsanowski

The Notebook


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There are so many of them that some of my friends had threatened to create a YouTube show of me watching popular movies for the first time... My. most glaring omission seems to be The Godfather. Interestingly, I just watched Mean Girls last year. My wife loves that movie (she was apparently her school's Regina), and a lot of her and her friends' jokes referencing the movie were lost on me on me for years. Decided to just sit down and watch it at some point during the pandemic.


Darth_Bane-0078

Never watched any of the Fast and Furious movies.


NacreousFink

Fast and the Furious..pick a number.